Author: John Spargo

John Spargo (1876–1966) was an early biographer of Karl Marx. He was one of the leading public intellectuals affiliated with the Socialist Party of America during the progressive era of the early 20th Century [Wikipedia].

The pale, yellow light of the waning day streamed through the dusty window panes of the little cigar shop, and across the bench where old Hans Fritzsche worked and hummed the melody of Der Freiheit the while. (More…)